Week 2: Overview

The Story So Far

• Intro to C++
• Compiling with g++ and CMake
• Variables
• Functions
• Loops and Conditionals
• Console Output

This Week

This week we’ll be further our knowledge of core features of the C++ language and how these relate to clear and efficient code design.

This week will cover:

Type Systems

• A quick introduction to what types are, and how they are used in C++ in particular.
• Options for user-defined types.

Passing by Value and by Reference

• Differences between passing arguments to functions by value and by reference
• Exracting values from functions by return statements or references
• Usage of the const keyword

Understanding Classes and Objects

• Classes as user-defined types.
• Objects as instances of classes.
• Access Specifiers
• Inheritance and Introductory Polymorphism

Common Standard Library Features

• Containers & Iterators
• Algorithms & Anonymous Functions
• Understanding C++ Documentation

Pointers

• Unique, shared, weak, and raw pointers
• Introductory memory management
• Concepts of data ownership